| Paleobiological implications of new material of Platybelodon danovi from the Dingjiaergou Fauna, western China |
| Wang, ShiQi; Ye, Jie
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| 2015-11-17
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| 发表期刊 | HISTORICAL BIOLOGY
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| 卷号 | 27期号:8页码:987-997 |
| 文章类型 | Article
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| 摘要 | We report on a newly born mandible and an adult pes of Platybelodon danovi from the Dingjiaergou fauna, China. Tooth succession in Platybelodon is very specialised, including a tendency to lose the dp2, an early loss of the di2 perhaps at the foetal stage, a tendency to lose the p3 and a tendency to reduce the P4 and the p4. The pes is also specialised, with metatarsals IV and III nearly equal in length, metatarsal IV less twisted than metatarsal III, metatarsals IV and III more anteroposteriorly compressed and metatarsals aligned nearly at the same level. These findings have important paleobiological significance. First, the relatively derived tooth succession of Platybelodon occurred at a relatively early geological time, thus representing an early evolution of tooth succession independent from other proboscideans. Second, the gravity vector of the hind limb of Platybelodon shifted towards metatarsal IV, and the modified standing posture may imply a lightly built body and rapid locomotion relative to other gomphotheres and elephants. These new paleobiological data add to our knowledge of the life history of Platybelodon and the diverse adaptations of ancient proboscideans. |
| 关键词 | Proboscidean
Mandible
Pes
Paleobiology
Tooth Succession
Standing Posture
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| WOS标题词 | Science & Technology
; Life Sciences & Biomedicine
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| 关键词[WOS] | MIDDLE MIOCENE
; PROBOSCIDEA
; MAMMALIA
; ANATOMY
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| 收录类别 | SCI
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| 语种 | 英语
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| WOS研究方向 | Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
; Paleontology
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| WOS类目 | Biology
; Paleontology
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| WOS记录号 | WOS:000357211600004
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| 文献类型 | 期刊论文
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| 条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.205/handle/311034/7484
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| 专题 | 古哺乳动物研究室
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| 作者单位 | Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Vertebrate Paleontol & Paleoanthropol, Key Lab Vertebrate Evolut & Human Origins, Beijing 100044, Peoples R China
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GB/T 7714 |
Wang, ShiQi,Ye, Jie. Paleobiological implications of new material of Platybelodon danovi from the Dingjiaergou Fauna, western China[J]. HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,2015,27(8):987-997.
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| APA |
Wang, ShiQi,&Ye, Jie.(2015).Paleobiological implications of new material of Platybelodon danovi from the Dingjiaergou Fauna, western China.HISTORICAL BIOLOGY,27(8),987-997.
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| MLA |
Wang, ShiQi,et al."Paleobiological implications of new material of Platybelodon danovi from the Dingjiaergou Fauna, western China".HISTORICAL BIOLOGY 27.8(2015):987-997.
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